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Arugula
| 6 | 5" | 3" x 7" | 4/27
First batch bolted, second batch got eaten by pests |
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Basil
| 1 | 7" | 5" x 9" | Spray liquid fertilizer every 2 weeks or after each harvest.
Cut the stem once the plant has 6 leaves just above the second pair |
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Beans (Pole)
Kentucky Wonder
| 7 | 9" | 5" x 1' 1" | 5/26 |
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Beans (Pole)
Blue Lake Fm1
| 10 | 9" | 5" x 1' 1" | 5/26
2 gallons/week for 5 foot row
Mix an organic fertilizer into the soil before planting, using rates given on the label. Supplemental fertilizer seldom required. |
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Beet
| 26 | 5" | 3" x 7" | 5/2 (oops too early)
Soak seeds 8-24 hours before sowing 2-4 weeks before average last fall frost or when soil is 60-85 degrees
Can sow 6-8 weeks before 1st fall frost for laste summer/early fall crop
Plant 1/2" deep, 1 seed every 4" in rows 12"
Thin to 1 every 4" when 2" tall
No fertilization needed
water before soil gets bone dry. 1 gallon per week for 5 foot row at early stage, 2 galloon/2 week after |
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Broccoli
De Cicco
| 1 | 1' 5" | 1' 5" x 1' 5" | 5/2
Did not grow |
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Brussels Sprouts
Long Island Improved
| 4 | 1' 11" | 1' 11" x 1' 11" | 5/2
green catepillars
Dont let soil dry out for 4 weeks after transplanting, 1-1.5 gallon per week for 5 foot row
Mix a high-nitrogen compost into the soil before planting. |
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Carrot
| 5 | 3" | 3" x 5" | 5/2-did not grow
Sow 2-4 weeks before average last frost. Dig up bed at least 1 ft deep. Remove rocks and break up dirt clods. Add a 1 inch layer of compost. Soak Carrot seeds overnight. Mix with equal parts sand and scatter. Sprinkle fine layer of soild over seeds.
Water regularly.
Plant every 3 weeks until 60 d before fall frost
Once seedlings emerge, thin out every other. After several weeks thin one more time. Thin to 1 every 3" when 1" tall
Store up to 4 months. Pack in straw and put in a cool dark humid place, without touching. |
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Chives (Garlic)
| 3 | 5" | 5" x 7" | |
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Cilantro
| 1 | 7" | 5" x 9" | |
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Cucumber
Straight Eight
| 4 | 1' 11" | 1' 11" x 1' 11" | had to buy plants cuz only 2 survived
Planted in planters on left side of garden and they did very well, better than the ones in the ground. Next year only buy cuke plants, not from seed
water frequently when flowering and fruit developing |
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Cucumber
Spacemaster
| 3 | 1' 11" | 1' 11" x 1' 11" | 5/26
Garden Sweet Hybrid
Only one grew
Need to plant in mounds
Drench with a liquid organic fertilizer when plants begin to bloom heavily.
Did not grow as well as the cucumbers in the pots? Soil? Sun? |
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Eggplant
| 1 | 1' 3" | 1' 1" x 1' 5" | 6 plants from seed, only one survived |
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Garlic
| 49 | 5" | 3" x 9" | Did not do well here, I think cuz I stepped on them
Fertilizing not usually required |
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Lavender
| 4 | 1' 3" | 1' 1" x 1' 7" | |
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Lettuce (Leaf)
Mesclun Provencal Mix
| 5 | 3" | 3" x 5" | 4/25 |
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Lettuce (Leaf)
Romaine
| 78 | 3" | 3" x 5" | 4/25-transplanted row
Mix with compost and scatter
1/2 a packet over approx 3"x3"
Plant 2-4 weeks before average last frost
Sow every 3 weeks until 2 weeks before first fall frost
Fertilize 2-3 weeks after planting. Drench plants with a mix-with-water plant food once a month.
Thin when 1/2" tall. Every 10"
Water weekly
Clip leaves or harvest whole head with knife
Coll quickly in cool water, drain, refrigerate
Plant near tomatos to provide shade
water frequently for best crop, 2 gallons per week per 5 ft row |
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Lettuce (Leaf)
| 6 | 3" | 3" x 5" | first plant 4/25 |
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Lettuce (Leaf)
Black Seeded Simpson
| 12 | 3" | 3" x 5" | first plant 4/25
Fertilizing not usually required |
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Marigold
| 17 | 7" | 7" x 7" | |
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Mint
| 1 | 7" | 5" x 9" | |
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Onion
Yellow Flat Dutch
| 36 | 5" | 3" x 7" | In dry weather water in early stage to get plants going. 1/2 to 1 per week if soil is very dry |
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Onion (Red)
| 32 | 5" | 3" x 7" | Mix a balanced organic fertilizer into the bed or row before planting your onions, taking care to get it into the soil below the plants. Do not feed plants that are nearing maturity if you want very sweet onions. |
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Onions (Green)
| 28 | 3" | 3" x 3" | Work an organic fertilizer into the soil prior to setting out seedlings or sets. |
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Parsley
| 1 | 5" | 3" x 9" | |
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Pepper
Jalafuego (F1)
| 2 | 1' 1" | 11" x 1' 3" | |
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Pepper
Sweet Banana
| 4 | 1' 1" | 11" x 1' 3" | |
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Pepper
Ancho 211 (F1)
| 2 | 1' 1" | 11" x 1' 3" | Steady supply flowering thru harvest,2 gallon/week for 5 ft row
Mix an organic fertilizer into the planting holes as you transplant peppers. Feed every two weeks with a liquid feed after the plants begin to blossom and set fruit. |
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Pepper
Bell Boy Hybrid
| 2 | 1' 1" | 11" x 1' 3" | |
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Radish
Cherry Belle
| 27 | 3" | 3" x 7" | 5/2
bolted |
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Rosemary
| 3 | 7" | 7" x 7" | |
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Spinach
Bloomsdale Long Standing
| 4 | 7" | 5" x 11" | did not grow |
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Squash (Summer)
| 2 | 1' 11" | 1' 11" x 1' 11" | |
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Strawberry
| 8 | 1' 7" | 1' 5" x 1' 11" | harvested in June
In fall and again in early spring, topdress established plants with rich compost or an organic fertilizer. Allow plants to rest in midsummer. |
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Tomato (Large)
| 2 | 1' 7" | 1' 5" x 1' 11" | Choose plants with healthy green leaves and no flowers which are approx 8" tall.
Lay down 3-4 layers of newpaper overlap by 4" or black garden cover
Mix soil with compost
Wet down paper
Sprinkly mulch over paper
Stake after planting Prune lower branches to aerate
Pinch top once 4 flower branches on plant
Pinch out sideshoots
Plant near marigolds
2 gal water per week, bury bottomless cans next to plants so water gets to roots
17 tomatos from seed
big beef |
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Tomato (Large)
Big Beef Hybrid
| 1 | 1' 7" | 1' 5" x 1' 11" | For 3-4 weeks after transplanting and when flowers and fruit form; 1 gallon twice a week or more for 5 ft row |
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Tomato (Large)
Early Girl
| 2 | 1' 7" | 1' 5" x 1' 11" | Early Girl bush
Weekly liquid feed or seaweed drench from mid summer onwards. |
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Tomato (Small)
Supersweet 100 Hybrid
| 1 | 1' 7" | 1' 5" x 1' 11" | |
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Tomato (Small)
Juliet (F1)
| 1 | 1' 7" | 1' 5" x 1' 11" | |
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Tomato (Small)
| 1 | 1' 7" | 1' 5" x 1' 11" | roma
plum
patio
early girl
super sweet 100
cherry juliet |
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Tomato (Small)
San Marzano 168 (F1)
| 1 | 1' 7" | 1' 5" x 1' 11" | |
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Tomato (Small)
Roma VF
| 1 | 1' 7" | 1' 5" x 1' 11" | |
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Zucchini
| 2 | 1' 11" | 1' 11" x 1' 11" | water frequently for best crop, 1 gallon per week for 5 ft row |
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